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From product to practices: how fashion “sustainability” is finding its natural place in brand management practices.

Retail Focus

Having been washed down on consumer practices, they have become more demanding in understanding anything that goes beyond the simple term “sustainable” Customers paid more attention to the brand’s rhetoric and all the claims they made about their sustainable offer, and how it impacted them and the planet. If so, what?

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Canada Goose to launch into Australia

Inside Retail

Canada Goose is set to make a foray into Australia under a brand management agreement reached with Brand Collective. The brand will roll out retail stores this year in Melbourne and Sydney, and open an e-commerce platform, to be augmented by selected wholesale distribution.

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Opinion: Do consumers really shop in the name of love?

Inside Retail

As retail competition escalates on a global scale and across multiple channels, many brands and thought leaders have gravitated to the idea of ‘brand love’ as a way of differentiating. The hope is that getting consumers to love your brand will make them more loyal, purchase more frequently, and so on.

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Anne Klein, Lotto parent buys majority stake in Isaac Mizrahi

Inside Retail

Global brand management firm WHP Global has bought a 70 per cent stake in Isaac Mizrahi from Xcel Brands, in a deal valuing the American designer label at US$68 million. million in cash proceeds.

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Behind Desigual’s repositioning and its Asia Pacific expansion

Inside Retail

Earlier this month, Desigual partnered with Melbourne-based brand management firm O’Rourke Showroom to unveil its spring-summer collection, further expanding its retail distribution in Asia Pacific. IR: Could you touch on the brand’s business and social media strategy to cater to local consumers and attract new retail partners?

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A step back in time: Piaget’s Sydney store blends old with new

Inside Retail

Taking inspiration from the brand’s very first Salon which opened in Geneva over 60 years ago, the new store concept is designed to be a warm, inviting environment in which customers can learn about the heritage of the brand. Inside Retail: Is this Piaget’s first standalone direct-to-consumer (DTC) store in Sydney?

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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

Under IMG’s leadership since 2005, AFW has elevated resort collections, showcased Indigenous designers and initiated a consumer-integrated model. The emergence of consumer-facing fashion events including PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival and Melbourne Fashion Week has led some to question the relevance of a closed industry-only event.

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